Langgaard: Symphony No. 1 "Cliffside Pastorals" / Oramo, Berlin Philharmonic

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Despite being eccentric and at odds with his fellow human beings for most of his life, Danish composer Rued Langgaard was convinced that his time would come – and so it did. In Langgaard’s Symphony No. 1, we find its teenage composer celebrating his love of beauty and harmony in the most hedonistic terms. With this recording the symphony sees it return home, performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker, the first orchestra that understood what a masterpiece perhaps the greatest talent that had ever been seen in Danish music had created.

REVIEWS:

Unjustly misunderstood, and at times even ridiculed or dismissed as an eccentric kook by critics of his day, Danish organist and composer Rued Langgaard (1893-1952) deserves to be ranked alongside Wagner, Richard Strauss, Bruckner, Mahler and the like.

Brilliantly orchestrated for large orchestra, with motivic and thematic development on par with the music of Gustav Mahler [the First Symphony's] final movement alone is a revelry of ideas brought together to great effect. Seriously, if the five or so minutes near the end don't capture your full attention, and the final minute doesn't leave you slack-jawed in amazement, maybe you should check your pulse. In this live recording of the world premiere recording of the 2010 critical edition by Bendt Viinholt Nielsen, conductor Sakari Oramo and the members of the Berlin Philharmonic certainly seem to be having the time of their lives.

-- Classical Music Sentinel



Product Description:


  • Release Date: November 04, 2022


  • Catalog Number: 6220644


  • UPC: 747313164462


  • Label: Dacapo


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Period: 20th Century


  • Composer: Rued Langgaard


  • Conductor: Sakari Oramo


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berliner Philharmoniker



Works:


  1. Symphony No. 1 "Cliffside Pastorals"

    Composer: Rued Langgaard

    Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic

    Conductor: Sakari Oramo